Long-Term Wear of Ceramic Matrix Composite Materials for Hip Prostheses under Severe Swing Phase Microseparation

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 567-573

  Stewart, Todd D ^a   Tipper, Joanne L ^a   Insley, Gerard ^b   Streicher, Robert M ^b   Ingham, Eileen ^a   Fisher, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Stryker SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alumina matrix composite; Hip prostheses; Microseparation; Simulator; Wear

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ALUMINA MATRIX COMPOSITE (AMC);

BIOMATERIALS;

ALUMINUM;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CERAMICS; COMPOSITE GRAFT; EVALUATION; HIP PROSTHESIS; JOINT MOBILITY; LONG TERM CARE; MATERIAL STATE; PERFORMANCE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0345168992     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.10035     Document Type: Article

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